http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning.html en-us Copyright 2010 American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100305pars-updt.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100305pars-updt.html The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or ACCME, has completed the second phase of testing its Program Activity and Reporting System, or PARS, a new Web-based portal designed to streamline data collection from ACCME-accredited providers. ann@aafp.org Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100302accme-ltr.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100302accme-ltr.html The AAFP is supporting two proposals recently made by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or ACCME. One would modify the ACCME's complaints and inquiries process with the aim of balancing transparency in the CME enterprise with CME providers' confidentiality. The other would acknowledge that CME should facilitate changes in knowledge, competence, performance and/or patient outcomes. ann@aafp.org Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:35:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100215moc-portfolio.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100215moc-portfolio.html The American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, and two other primary care boards have collaborated with the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to develop a program that can be used to help physicians maintain certification. ann@aafp.org Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:00:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100209accme-complaint-prop.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20100209accme-complaint-prop.html The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or ACCME, is seeking public comment on a proposal that changes its complaints and inquiries process with the aim of balancing transparency in the CME enterprise and CME providers' confidentiality. ann@aafp.org Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:25:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091223iom-cme-report.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091223iom-cme-report.html According to a new report from the Institute of Medicine, or IOM, there are a number of deficiencies with the current continuing education, or CE, system for health professionals in the United States. The report is calling for the creation of a national, interprofessional CE institute to achieve a new vision of continuing professional development for health professionals, with the goal of improving patient care and health care delivery. ann@aafp.org Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:10:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091209accme-pars.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091209accme-pars.html The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or ACCME, is testing an online reporting system designed to improve the transparency, efficiency and accountability of the CME enterprise, as well as to save CME providers time and hassle by streamlining the accreditation process. The Program and Activity Reporting System, or PARS, is a Web-based portal that will permit the ACCME to collect and analyze up-to-date, comprehensive data from ACCME-accredited CME providers. ann@aafp.org Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:50:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091123medjournalform.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091123medjournalform.html The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, or ICMJE, is testing a new uniform disclosure form for reporting potential conflicts of interest among authors. The 14 journals that are ICMJE members, including the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the New England Journal of Medicine, have adopted the form. ann@aafp.org Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091113ceja-report.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091113ceja-report.html A new report by the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, or CEJA, that aims to guide physician-learners and CME providers in managing their relationships with industry requires further scrutiny, said delegates during the 2009 interim meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Houston. Delegates subsequently voted to refer the report and its recommendations. bbein@aafp.org Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:55:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091030cme-bias.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091030cme-bias.html A recent survey of physicians who participated in both commercially and noncommercially supported online CME activities found that participants perceived little commercial bias associated with CME activities, regardless of the funding source. bbein@aafp.org Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:20:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning